24 Hours of Le Mans 2012 – First 5 Hours Part 3 - video Dailymotion

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00:00:00Because they only took the engine from the dope because they got through the engines

00:00:03that were set aside for the Pascarolo chassis, so a fundamental issue there.

00:00:08Apparently, one has to presume in the oiling system or, I mean, you know,

00:00:12jet engines don't blow up, and certainly not four in a row.

00:00:15So clearly something more fundamental there, but what a great shame

00:00:18because those guys really do work hard.

00:00:20Henri Pascarolo is the heart and soul of Le Mans 24-hour racing,

00:00:25a legend in these parts, a former winner, of course, in his own right as a driver.

00:00:28He's raced here, you know, how many times have you raced here, Mark?

00:00:32Thirty times, wasn't it?

00:00:33Thirty-three times.

00:00:34You're the most participating driver, and he's been here another 12, 13 times now as a team owner.

00:00:40From what I understood, then, the dome is out, is it?

00:00:44I don't believe it's out.

00:00:46No, no, no, I don't believe it's out.

00:00:47They had a transmission problem, but I think they've sent it back out again.

00:00:50They were just asking what the problem had been because they'd pushed it into the garage,

00:00:54and I think that other car, they're just waiting at the moment for it to cool down enough

00:00:57for them to actually work on it and see what's going on.

00:01:00But I fear that that could be a terminal problem.

00:01:03Great shame.

00:01:04It's such a shame.

00:01:05And they were always known for being very reliable, a very reliable team with the Pascarolo cars.

00:01:10So, great shame.

00:01:11Henri Pascarolo has always been the spirit of Le Mans, hasn't he?

00:01:15Yeah, no, and I think we're going to have an interview with Bonanomi in a minute,

00:01:21which is great that we're getting so many people down in the pit lane.

00:01:25Just fantastic to be able to hear their side of it and what's actually going on out there with the teams.

00:01:29Marco, of course, sharing that number four Audi with Mike Rockenfella.

00:01:32That's one of the two that's had troubles already in the race.

00:01:36And he'll tell us more, hopefully, in a minute about what's going on.

00:01:38Well, beautiful weather here now at Le Mans.

00:01:40I cannot believe the difference over the warm-up this morning.

00:01:43We sat here in the rain and the cold.

00:01:45Unbelievable.

00:01:45It's a beautiful West France afternoon.

00:01:48It just shows exactly what Le Mans weather is like,

00:01:50that you never actually know what's going to happen until it happens.

00:01:53And I think it's possible we could still get some rain later,

00:01:56but actually looking at it now, it looks like it's blowing over.

00:01:58So, perhaps we'll end up with a dry race all the way through.

00:02:01The only problem here, the prevailing wind, is the south-westerly,

00:02:04which brings any weather from the coast.

00:02:06And so, if there is any bad weather around, it does get dumped on Le Mans.

00:02:10We're very flat here, of course.

00:02:12There's no hills around here to catch that rain, or to stop the rain.

00:02:15So, there we are.

00:02:17There, we just saw the Nissan, the Delta, Delta wing going through.

00:02:21That car at the moment is running in, where are we, Jeremy?

00:02:26Yes, 27.

00:02:27So, it's actually made up two places on its qualifying time.

00:02:30And also, we've just seen the number 15 and the 22 car come into the pits in succession.

00:02:34They've had a great battle from the very beginning of this race.

00:02:37And it looks like the 15 car that got the edge on the 22 in the last pit stop

00:02:41is still just in front of him, but it might just come down to this pit stop.

00:02:45We're going to the pits now for an interview with Marco Bonanami.

00:02:52Marco, how do you feel for your first Le Mans here?

00:02:56Well, it's not a really good start for us.

00:02:58After 30 minutes, we got a problem on the car.

00:03:03Rocky was complaining about the grip, especially the rear tires.

00:03:09And we put the car into the box to check the rear suspension or something,

00:03:12but it looks everything okay.

00:03:14Just today, the track seems really dirty and strange after the big rain from last night.

00:03:21Do you know when you're going to jump in the car?

00:03:26Now I'm asking and probably in two stints, but I really can't wait, you know.

00:03:31I was looking at you.

00:03:33You were really focused and talking with the engineer.

00:03:36Do you ask what Rocky is feeling just to make in mind to help you to go in the car?

00:03:41Well, no, we are running here since three or four days, so nothing really I can learn now.

00:03:50Just to learn some track condition.

00:03:54And it seems like now at the moment everybody is struggling with the tires,

00:04:00but all the cars, so I don't know.

00:04:02I hope we'll be better.

00:04:04Thank you very much.

00:04:05You've seen there, just during the interview, Olivier Beretta and a 71 car is in the gravel,

00:04:11frantically gesturing for the team to push him back out and get him back out on the track.

00:04:16That looks like the entry to the Dunlop chicane.

00:04:20I'm not entirely sure what's happened there, but he looked very keen to get back on the circuit indeed,

00:04:24which means he's going to have a trip around the whole circuit spreading gravel,

00:04:28which could be exciting for everyone else.

00:04:30You're right, and that car was running fifth in GTE before that incident for Olivier Beretta.

00:04:34And we talked a little while ago about Oliver Gowen taking the lead in that class.

00:04:38Well, Stefan Mooker has gained it back again.

00:04:41So Aston Martin car number seven leads again in GTE.

00:04:45Oliver Gowen hard on his heels.

00:04:47And third place in GTE is a GTE Amcar, the Flying Lizard car, car number 79, Patrick Pia.

00:04:55And then Mark Lieb in a number 77 Felbermaier Porsche is fourth place in GTE.

00:05:02Looks like they're just trying to maybe tow him down to some sort of escape road where he can get back away from that gravel.

00:05:07Yeah, that's exactly what they've done there.

00:05:09Yeah, you've got hard standings between the tires and the gravel.

00:05:12So we are 22 hours 30 to go.

00:05:17We're going to take a break here on Eurosport.

00:05:19Stay of us a lot more to...

00:05:21Welcome back to Eurosport, our live coverage of the Le Mans.

00:05:29We're on 24 hours, 22 hours, 28 minutes still to go and so much happening.

00:05:35We have actually lost one car.

00:05:37Liz has just told us...

00:05:39Well, we haven't had an official comment yet, but they did tow it behind the barrier.

00:05:43Went behind the wall.

00:05:44It won't be going anywhere, so that's it done.

00:05:46Went behind the wall and in Europe, if that happens, it doesn't come back like American racing.

00:05:50And I think the driver has left and has gone further away from the car than they can.

00:05:53And I think it's safe to say their tremulous weekend is over.

00:05:58Oh, it's been sad, isn't it?

00:06:00I mean, everything, this whole operation was built around the Japanese driver taking out our hero.

00:06:05And she just never got to grips of it.

00:06:07And that's why they gave her all the running,

00:06:09because she was bringing quite a lot of her sponsorship money for that team.

00:06:12And so Delatraz had to wait, and Mark Rostand had to wait their chance to qualify.

00:06:17They didn't actually do all their night laps, but they did get a waiver from the ACO

00:06:20because they've been regulars at Le Mans for years.

00:06:23So rules can be bent.

00:06:24And they've just had a dreadful season, really, up until now.

00:06:27Nothing's really gone their way.

00:06:29Perhaps this just wasn't their Le Mans.

00:06:31So she's gone from grid girl heroine to zeroine, hasn't she?

00:06:36That was bad, Mark.

00:06:38Oh, dear.

00:06:38Also a note for another car in NLP2 that had an unscheduled pit stop early on.

00:06:45That was a Stadistron pre-entry, started by Yelba Berman.

00:06:49And they had a suspected puncture on that car.

00:06:52That was, I don't know, three or four laps into the race.

00:06:54It was certainly very early.

00:06:55And that car is back out in the fray.

00:06:57And actually, it seems to be running very quickly.

00:06:59I'm not sure where it is on the charts, but it's probably quite a long way down.

00:07:02But it was certainly running pretty quickly.

00:07:05Yeah, it's down in 24th place overall.

00:07:07And that would be 14th place in P2.

00:07:10And Yelba Berman has been one of the quickest cars on the track in P2 recently.

00:07:17But it's still Olivier Pla that leads in NLP2.

00:07:20It can't have been 24, the Morgan Nissan.

00:07:22And he's got about a 24-second lead now over Sohailo Yari for Beekam Racing.

00:07:27And I can tell you why, Jeremy, Olivier Pla ran three laps further than most of the opposition.

00:07:32I think only one car was any closer than that.

00:07:35But three laps in a P2 car.

00:07:37It wasn't three laps.

00:07:38It was one lap more on the first stint.

00:07:41And an extra lap on the second stint as well.

00:07:44The daily sports car was telling us something differently.

00:07:46No, he came in on lap 11 for the first round of pit stops.

00:07:49Everybody else came in on lap 10.

00:07:50Well, that will make a difference, and it truly will add up over the times.

00:07:55The Morgan is like the Audi to the rest of the P2 class, in other words.

00:07:58So very interesting to follow that.

00:08:00And he's a very, very quick driver, Olivier, as well.

00:08:02Yeah, one of the quickest there is, really.

00:08:05And certainly in this class, he'll be one of the fastest there.

00:08:07Yeah, this is his fifth Le Mans.

00:08:09And so he knows the circuit well.

00:08:10He is fairly local.

00:08:11He's from Toulouse, which isn't that far down the road.

00:08:13But same country, anyway.

00:08:15And still a second in class, and as you say, Sohailo Ayari.

00:08:18And Tom Kimber-Smith has actually managed to drop Warren Hughes.

00:08:21He's got Maxime Martin between himself and Warren Hughes.

00:08:24Maxime Martin for Oat Racing.

00:08:27Very well known to those of us who used to follow the Spa 24 Hours,

00:08:30because his dad was Jean-Philippe and uncle, get them right, Michel, yes,

00:08:37who won the Spa 24 Hours every time.

00:08:39He's their son, and he's learned all his racing in the Renault Magan series.

00:08:42Done really well in that.

00:08:43Yeah, and in GTs over the last few years, the GT won World Championship,

00:08:47and he's leading, I think, the Blancpain series, aren't they?

00:08:49Those two, Baz Landis and Maxime Martin, they're leading the Blancpain.

00:08:52Won their last race.

00:08:53Yeah, I think they won four races in a row.

00:08:54They have.

00:08:55They've had an amazing run this year.

00:08:57And their co-driver in that car is the interesting character,

00:08:59David Heinemeyer-Hansen.

00:09:00Who's David Heinemeyer-Hansen, you might say?

00:09:02Well, he's a web developer, a very clever guy,

00:09:06and he's from Denmark originally.

00:09:09Got interested in racing as a kid in Denmark,

00:09:12used to watch Formula One, used to watch Le Mans 24 Hours,

00:09:15and the real turning point for him when he saw Tom Christensen win here at Le Mans

00:09:20for the very first time, he then built himself a career.

00:09:24He made a lot of money, certainly as a web developer and a software developer,

00:09:29moved to North America, got back into racing and started racing only three years ago,

00:09:35and here he is at Le Mans.

00:09:36But he's quite fast.

00:09:38He's driving for Eric Bachelard's concrete endurance team in the United States

00:09:42with that same Morgan-Nissan combination.

00:09:45And he has been pretty close to the pace, not on the pace, certainly,

00:09:50but not far behind both Maxime Martin and Baz Landis.

00:09:53And that number 35 car should be pretty competitive as this race goes along, Mark.

00:10:02Yes, another of the ubiquitous Nissans built by Zytec at Repton near Rugby.

00:10:07This one, as Jeremy said earlier, fitted into the Morgan,

00:10:12Charles Morgan, celebrating 100 years of the Malvern Motor Builder,

00:10:17one of Britain's last independent manufacturers, of course.

00:10:20So that's a branding exercise, very much as Golf and Lotus at this race.

00:10:23And we're watching right now the battle for 4th, 5th and 6th place in the LMP2 class.

00:10:30And it is a real battle indeed.

00:10:32They're just about to come here in front of us.

00:10:33We can see them here really pushing hard.

00:10:36That's the Oak Racing, the Murphy Motorsport, and I couldn't quite see the other one.

00:10:42It must be...

00:10:42You can see the flashing lights there.

00:10:45Most of these cars have got a button on the steering wheel.

00:10:47It's not like in your normal car where you have to pull the flash.

00:10:50It's a button where you push, and they'll probably get five flashes out of one push.

00:10:54So it's not sort of a major physical process like probably a lot of people think.

00:10:58Well, working our way through some GT traffic there.

00:11:00It's a car number 46.

00:11:01That was running in third place earlier on.

00:11:04It slipped back after that round of pit stops.

00:11:06But still, Matthias Bershler really doing a nice job.

00:11:09He's 25 years old.

00:11:10He's from Geneva.

00:11:11He did some racing actually out in Asia in Formula Renault out there.

00:11:16But then came back, and he's been kind of at least a semi-regular in the Formula Le Mans series over here for the last few years.

00:11:23But really doing a fine job in the early stages of this race.

00:11:27Look at this battle going on here.

00:11:29They are absolutely just nose to tail coming through.

00:11:33We're not very long into this race.

00:11:35Only just over an hour and a half into the Le Mans.

00:11:3724 hours.

00:11:38Very, very long way to go still indeed.

00:11:41So we're just picking up with Johnny Kane at the moment.

00:11:43Remember, Straker had this gearbox oil leak having taken the privateer pole for this race.

00:11:50Didn't make the start.

00:11:51Let's start from the pit lane.

00:11:52But Johnny Kane, who is on the circuit now, apparently he's been putting in three 33s lap after lap.

00:11:57That's as quick as two of those Audi's out there.

00:12:00Oh, that's just, that's very impressive.

00:12:01And I think they've got a lot to prove now.

00:12:03They were sort of the favorites for the quote-unquote petrol class win.

00:12:07And, you know, we are seeing Toyota still going on right now.

00:12:10But I think where reliability is talked about, I think Straker's going to have that.

00:12:15But interestingly, they've already had to start from the pit lane.

00:12:19So hopefully they've gotten rid of all their gremlins now.

00:12:21And they'll just be pushing through to the finish without any trouble.

00:12:24Has Johnny managed to drag it into the top for 48 yet?

00:12:27We're still, still down.

00:12:29Well, the amazing thing about a 24-hour race is you can still have a couple problems and then keep it tidy

00:12:34and be amazing where you can pull yourself up to.

00:12:36Nissan Delta-wing in the pits.

00:12:38Been in for quite a long time.

00:12:39I think they've been there for a while.

00:12:40Yes, they have been there for some time.

00:12:42We don't exactly know what happened this time.

00:12:44Just a few minutes ago, probably maybe five minutes or so ago.

00:12:46Been certainly running nicely over the first hour or hour and a few minutes.

00:12:51They've been looking after it a little bit, haven't they?

00:12:53Yeah.

00:12:53But definitely keep going around.

00:12:54They were certainly running, you know, in conjunction with the tail end of the pack in P2.

00:13:01Very, very tight with that oak racing car.

00:13:04And the Murphy prototypes car.

00:13:08I'm not entirely sure who's in each one.

00:13:12Let me see.

00:13:12I can't see the screens.

00:13:13I've got so much glare.

00:13:14Oh, yeah.

00:13:15The Murphy cars.

00:13:15Sort of everybody thinks I'm laying across and trying to see our screens here.

00:13:18It's Warren Hughes in Carnival 48 for Murphy prototypes.

00:13:23And ahead of him is Tom Kimber-Smith in the, or Maxime Martin.

00:13:28Yes, Maxime Martin we're looking at.

00:13:29We're talking about it earlier in the Morgan Oak there.

00:13:32So there's a bit of a gap back from there to Martin Brundle, who is at the wheel of Carnival 42.

00:13:38And look at where the number four car is.

00:13:40After the problems they had already, Mike Rockenfeller has really pushed it all the way up to seventh place already.

00:13:47So, you know, it was only a minute ago they were on our second screen.

00:13:50So it just goes to show, once you get the problems gone, the consistency can really pull you back up.

00:13:54But Warren Hughes definitely lining up the Morgan ahead of him as they go through Porsche curves.

00:13:59Warren's got so much speed through values.

00:14:01He does.

00:14:02Very, very impressive.

00:14:03And he's going to be absolutely wringing the neck of that thing, trying to push it as fast as possible.

00:14:08It really is a sprint race in the LMP classes still.

00:14:12I don't think LMP won as much as we will have seen in previous years when we had the likes of Peugeot.

00:14:16But LMP2 for sure.

00:14:17We've got some debris on the circuit.

00:14:19I'm not entirely sure what it is.

00:14:22It looked almost like some part of the circuit.

00:14:25I can actually see it just in front of an FI hoarding over there.

00:14:28So, here we are.

00:14:30We are now at Le Mans having completed 55 laps.

00:14:37Lotterer and McNeish are just changed at that moment.

00:14:42But 55 laps for the leaders, 56 for most of those following, 57, 58.

00:14:47And then we get this whole gaggle again.

00:14:50We mentioned the P2 battle, which there's nothing to call on it.

00:14:54It's so, so tight.

00:14:55And this is going to run and run and run.

00:14:56Yeah, I was talking to one of the engineers of the teams in LMP2.

00:15:02And he's done an analysis through practice and qualifying.

00:15:06And he's taken the top, well, the fastest of five laps for each driver in each car.

00:15:13And if you average all that out, the top 14 cars in LMP2 were covered by less than 3%, which is not very much.

00:15:22Yeah, we're just hearing there the race director talking about this debris that we can actually see from our pit box.

00:15:31We still don't know what the debris is.

00:15:33It looked sort of odd, like something off the side of the track, even.

00:15:36It didn't necessarily look like it was off of a car, did it, Mark?

00:15:39No.

00:15:39Now, this is very bizarre.

00:15:41We're just talking about the Stracker team.

00:15:42And they're actually running in 51st place.

00:15:45But our screen is telling us they are leading the Michelin Green X Challenge at the moment.

00:15:49Surprise, surprise.

00:15:50OK.

00:15:51It's good they're leading.

00:15:51There's a lot less laps than everyone else.

00:15:53And in GT, Stefan Mooker had pulled out a pretty useful advantage over the Corvette.

00:16:00Well, I would say a pretty useful advantage, probably a couple of seconds at least.

00:16:03But Stefan Mooker has just brought that Carnivor 7 onto pit lane, running 28th overall.

00:16:09That is the class leader in GT into the pit.

00:16:11Oliver Gavin, therefore, does not make a pit stop this time around.

00:16:15Last time, he managed one more lap than did the Aston Martin.

00:16:19So it is now Oliver Gavin who leads GTE for Corvette.

00:16:28Well, we're about to change channels.

00:16:30So if you do lose us on British Erosport 1, just flick over to 2 and you'll find us there.

00:16:37Otherwise, we still with the rest of you.

00:16:41Welcome back to Le Mans.

00:16:57We are now, we're still 55 laps into the great race.

00:17:01Andre Lotra leads for Audi as our timing screens are just all changing.

00:17:09Great weather here.

00:17:10Huge, huge crowd.

00:17:13Well, we've had...

00:17:13Yeah, we're just having a few timing.

00:17:15Well, we've had a few exciting things happen while we were stopping out.

00:17:18The number 25 car spun and rejoined.

00:17:22Yeah, that car's had a slower first pit stop and now had another spin.

00:17:28John Martin's still at the wheel of that car.

00:17:31We also then have seen a Porsche come into pit lane.

00:17:34We weren't able to see which Porsche it was, but it looked like they had quite a significant puncture.

00:17:39The rear tire really flapping around as they came into pits, but it did look like they were coming in.

00:17:44So that's a good step forward.

00:17:45We will give you more information on that as soon as we have it.

00:17:49Had a few of you asking about some of the blue flashing lights that are on some of the Porsches primarily.

00:17:54That is mainly just for the teams to see the cars coming at night down pit lane.

00:17:59A lot of the cars will have special things like that just to help the teams recognize them.

00:18:03And it's very difficult at night when you just see a set of headlights coming down.

00:18:07Most of the cars I've always driven have had something like that.

00:18:11And I don't think it's anything more special than that, I'm afraid.

00:18:14It's not a beacon for a UFO or anything like that.

00:18:17So sorry to disappoint anyone that thought it might be.

00:18:20Mark Cole throwing things around the room at the moment.

00:18:23You're out there, Mark.

00:18:23I mean, we're only two hours into the race.

00:18:25I was going to say, we're not very far in.

00:18:26Yes.

00:18:27Reset at the front as we watch that great battle going on again in P2.

00:18:30It's still Andre Lothra leading car number one by about 23 seconds over Alamonish in car number two.

00:18:36So the two Audi R18 e-tron Quattro's first and second.

00:18:41Alex Furtz in car number seven for Toyota in third place.

00:18:44Stefan Sarazen in the other Toyota in fourth place.

00:18:47And those two cars are about a minute behind the leading Audis.

00:18:51And a lot of you telling us on Twitter you must have a better view than we do in here in our very glary commentary box

00:18:58that they are baseball caps on the circuit is the debris.

00:19:01I'm not sure if that's real, but a lot of you are telling us that.

00:19:04So it's entirely possible.

00:19:05It's quite breezy out there.

00:19:06It has been all week, hasn't it?

00:19:07It is.

00:19:07And there's a lot of people there just looking over the edge.

00:19:10So that would certainly be something different.

00:19:12It could be hooligans, of course.

00:19:14Well, of course it could be, yeah.

00:19:15Yeah, we don't get soccer hooligans here.

00:19:16Well done, England, by the way, last night.

00:19:183-2 against Sweden.

00:19:19So it's all looking quite good.

00:19:21It's absolutely no interest to Liz, who doesn't follow English football.

00:19:24Oh, really?

00:19:25No, sorry.

00:19:27So a lot of elites, McNish and then Wurtz.

00:19:30That sounds familiar, doesn't it?

00:19:31But Wurtz, of course, is not in a Peugeot.

00:19:33He's in a Toyota this year.

00:19:34And so is Stefan Sarazen.

00:19:36So the four top drivers, five top drivers, look like Deval as well, Jeremy.

00:19:42Five top drivers were all battling it out here last year with Audi and Peugeot.

00:19:46Now it's Audi and Toyota, but only the cars have changed, not the drivers.

00:19:53We're saying about Audi battling it out with two of last year's Peugeot drivers.

00:19:57Yeah, yes, indeed.

00:19:58Yeah, the Peugeot, of course, closed down that operation, you know, just before the start of the season.

00:20:04In fact, the entire team, including all the drivers, they were at Sebring getting ready for another endurance test.

00:20:11So the rug was pulled very much from under their feet.

00:20:13But good to see that just about all of those factory drivers have found a ride somewhere else.

00:20:18And as you say, both Alex Wurtz, he was part of the Toyota program in any case.

00:20:23Stefan Sarazen, he was planning on driving for Peugeot.

00:20:25But now he finds himself also in that Toyota team and doing a nice job, too.

00:20:30Those two cars, they're running one just inside a minute, one just outside a minute behind the leaders.

00:20:36And Stefan Sarazen, there is the number eight car that is making its third pit stop of the day.

00:20:42And once again, an 11-lap stint for car number eight.

00:20:46Potentially the faster of the two Peugeots.

00:20:48That's the one that set the faster time.

00:20:50But we assumed this car would be the hair.

00:20:52But in fact, it has been trailing the number seven car all the time.

00:20:55Jeremy, while we're just looking at the screens, the times now, 3.30s seems to be around the mark at the moment.

00:21:00André Lotterer, on the fifth lap of the race, did run a 3.26, which was, what, three seconds off pole.

00:21:07But I suppose the heat of the afternoon, the times are slowing down a little, aren't they?

00:21:12They'll come back to us in the evening.

00:21:13Also, it was around about six, they were sort of lapping the other traffic.

00:21:15So up until then, they had a pretty clear track out there.

00:21:18And now there's constant traffic all the way around the racetrack.

00:21:22So they're doing till 28s, 29s, 30s, sometimes 33s and 34s, depending on where they catch the traffic.

00:21:29Excellent to see the dome out again now.

00:21:32We did have transmission problems.

00:21:33It's running again.

00:21:37Yeah, no, it's brilliant to see them back out again.

00:21:39They've had a few little glitches here and there.

00:21:41But this is probably going to be Pascarillo's last chance, their last remaining shot,

00:21:46because that other car, number 16 car, still permanently planted in the garage as we speak.

00:21:52We've got a question here from Scott Nicholson on Twitter for Jeremy Shaw to answer for us.

00:21:58He says, hi, can you tell me what the difference between the R18 Ultra and the R18 e-tron is, please?

00:22:04I thought I'd throw that your way, Jeremy.

00:22:05Yeah, we kind of covered that earlier on, I thought.

00:22:08But the e-tron Quattro, that is the one with the hybrid powertrain on that car.

00:22:12And that effectively uses the energy from the braking system on the front wheels.

00:22:17It stores it in a flywheel that is actually in what would be the passenger compartment next to the driver.

00:22:23And then that energy is converted back into electric power and it drives the front wheels.

00:22:29So the Quattro system effectively is four-wheel drives on acceleration out of the corners.

00:22:35But whereas the R18 Ultra, that is just a standard car with a standard transmission.

00:22:42It's a diesel turbo, so it's pretty trick, but it doesn't have the hybrid system.

00:22:46What's kind of interesting in the two hybrid systems, there's one on the Audi and one on the Toyota,

00:22:53the Toyota drives through the rear wheels and the Audi through the front wheels.

00:22:59And the Audi is only allowed to use its electric motors to drive those front wheels when it's going above 120 kilometers.

00:23:10And what's interesting is, if you use a hybrid powertrain that drives through the rear wheels,

00:23:15you can use it at whatever speed you like.

00:23:17Yeah, the reason for this, of course, is because the Audi's got the four-wheel drive.

00:23:20That's exactly why it is.

00:23:22There has to be a panel to the ACO to say they do have four-wheel drive.

00:23:25Essentially, the Ultra and the e-tron are exactly the same car, except for the e-tron is a hybrid car.

00:23:30But other than that, they are the same.

00:23:31And as you've rightly said, Mark, they've had to impose some sort of restriction

00:23:35because the cars are already flying off in the front.

00:23:38So I think that was obviously a good idea.

00:23:40But for all of you at home, thank you, Jeremy,

00:23:43because I know some people are jumping in and out

00:23:45and aren't always understanding everything between it.

00:23:47But that is the noise you hear when we have the onboard footage of the e-tron.

00:23:51And really listen out for that.

00:23:53You can really hear it under braking and those heavy braking phones.

00:23:56Just to finish off the answer to the question,

00:23:57this technology is not as new as you might imagine

00:24:00because in 2008, Peugeot showed us their hybrid 908 at Silverstone

00:24:05at that round of the Le Mans series.

00:24:08It never got to race.

00:24:10And it was actually geared up, ready to race, a new version of it.

00:24:13This year already, it was what they were going to bring here to Le Mans

00:24:16when Peugeot pulled the axe.

00:24:18But again, a different way of delivering the power.

00:24:21That was through batteries.

00:24:21Yes, and this e-tron technology, of course, was first thought about

00:24:26and came into production in February of 2010.

00:24:31So in just 18 months, they've gone from a concept to an actual race car

00:24:35that they were able to pull together.

00:24:37So in 18 months, they had it out running and ready to go.

00:24:39So that's very impressive.

00:24:40It shows about racing, doesn't it?

00:24:42Because they say a road car will take three years from its inception

00:24:45to being put on the road.

00:24:47Yeah, it's very impressive.

00:24:47Look how quickly you can do things in racing.

00:24:49Same in war, isn't it?

00:24:51Things develop in war.

00:24:53Yeah, you know, we talked about the supercapacitor, effectively,

00:24:57on the Toyota where they store the energy

00:25:00and then drive it through the regular powertrain.

00:25:03I was talking to Pascal Vassilon, who's the technical director of Toyota,

00:25:07earlier in the week, and he was telling me that ultimately

00:25:09they want to be able to go to batteries rather than the supercapacitor.

00:25:13But right now, the batteries, the technology there isn't quite as advanced.

00:25:17They're still very, very heavy to be able to handle the power they need

00:25:21to move it for this sort of application.

00:25:23And Peugeot had to build its own battery for this

00:25:25and then drop it into a special compartment in the chassis.

00:25:28Well, on that high note, we're going to go for a quick break.

00:25:31We'll be back after these messages.

00:25:33Stay live on Eurosport.

00:25:34We're being told there's a slippery track down at the second chicane,

00:25:44this Nissan chicane, and a lot of people having problems down there,

00:25:47just as they did on both practice and qualifying nights.

00:25:51Many, many people straight lining those.

00:25:54Now, Liz, interestingly, we had a lot of rubber laid down over the last few days.

00:25:57They all got washed away this morning.

00:25:59We have a green track again.

00:26:00Yes, that's been one of the really tricky factors here

00:26:03and I think why some of the cars have gone off and had some trouble

00:26:05and also why some of the teams have been complaining about their grip levels

00:26:09or saying the car didn't feel quite right.

00:26:11It's probably because of the circuit they've gotten used to

00:26:13and they were all just starting to say the track's really rubbering up now on Thursday night.

00:26:17I think the dry track they were looking forward to having

00:26:20was not the same track that they had on Thursday night.

00:26:23And that's one of the key factors in this kind of racing

00:26:26is you've got different weather to deal with, different things going on.

00:26:29And I'm sure they would rather have a non-rubbered up dry track, though,

00:26:32than a very wet and slippery one like we have in the warm-up.

00:26:35I know I would.

00:26:37So Andre Lotter then continuing to lead from Alan McNish.

00:26:40They're triple stinting those Audis up front,

00:26:42as is Luat Duval in third place.

00:26:44Nick Lapierre, though, has taken over the number seven Toyota.

00:26:48Driver change there.

00:26:48And so there is for the number eight Toyota,

00:26:50Sebastian Buemi coming here from Formula One.

00:26:53He's another Le Mans rookie.

00:26:54And here we are, there's the 16 car.

00:26:55Number 61 car sat primed and ready with Manu Collard behind the wheel.

00:27:00It looks like they've got it back out of the garage.

00:27:01Yeah, but Stuart's not even been on board it yet, has he?

00:27:04No, he hasn't.

00:27:04Let's all just keep our fingers crossed that they've found the problem

00:27:07and they can carry on.

00:27:09Yeah.

00:27:09Just remember, it's the last year's ill-fated ARM1 chassis.

00:27:12And one of the problems they had with the car was engine installation problems

00:27:16and other parts.

00:27:17Perhaps it's carrying bad luck with it.

00:27:20Another car that actually has the same, that has the same,

00:27:23well, they say the same chassis, is the number zero car.

00:27:26But in fact, I think the only similarity they can have of that AMR1 is the tub,

00:27:32which is probably the best part.

00:27:33I understand the tub is very sturdy.

00:27:35Yeah, we understand also there is a third one knocking around somewhere.

00:27:38We don't know where, but...

00:27:39Oh, really?

00:27:40Pit stop for the second-place car.

00:27:44Car number two, Alamek Nish.

00:27:45This is a lap earlier, I think, than we had expected.

00:27:48It was last in lap 22, now in on lap 33,

00:27:53whereas the number one car, the race leader, did not stop.

00:27:56There is the Corvette that had been leading GTE

00:28:00until its stop on this lap.

00:28:03That hands the lead back to Jimmy Bruni in the Ferrari car number 51.

00:28:07Just seeing some cars leaving the pit lane there.

00:28:11It still surprises me how early we had pit stops this year.

00:28:14I feel like a lot of the cars pitted very, very early compared to previous years.

00:28:17Yes, I think actually one of those cars leaving the pits then was the Stracker,

00:28:20wasn't it?

00:28:21The 21 car, which, of course, is completely out of sequence to everyone else.

00:28:24But here we are, very efficient work by the number two team, tyres.

00:28:28We're not seeing a driver change, are we?

00:28:30This is only the third stop for the car, will we?

00:28:33Well, one car that's really impressing me is the number 12 car at the moment.

00:28:37That's a Rebellion Racing car.

00:28:39Nick Heidefeld still aboard that vehicle.

00:28:41He is running in sixth place at the moment, very competitively indeed,

00:28:45not much off the pace of the others.

00:28:46Just consistently, I think.

00:28:49I hope I don't give the curse of the commentator right now.

00:28:52I'll touch wood.

00:28:53But, yeah, definitely pushing along, doing very well indeed.

00:28:57Tom Christensen has just gotten on board the number two car,

00:29:00so they've pitted and changed drivers at around about the two-hour mark.

00:29:04So they're obviously, they must have done a tyre change as well.

00:29:07I didn't say, but I would expect them to do a driver along with tyres.

00:29:10Yeah, about 24 seconds was the gap from first to second from Lotterer to McNish

00:29:16before handing over to Tom Christensen.

00:29:19It was fractions of a second a lap mark that McNish wasn't quite or either wasn't able

00:29:25or was told not to quite match the pace of that car number one.

00:29:29But the two e-tron Quattro Audi R18s still first and second.

00:29:34We've got reports of a slow-moving car.

00:29:37That's car 83.

00:29:39It is one of the GTE Amcars, the Ferrari of Rodriguez.

00:29:43We're not entirely sure.

00:29:44We haven't seen them on our screens yet,

00:29:46but we will absolutely give you some more information about that as soon as we have it.

00:29:49My guess would be it's got a puncture or something similar.

00:29:52Just crawling around.

00:29:53Liz, you were surprised, weren't you, during our qualifying nights

00:29:56that there hadn't been more punctures this year after last year.

00:30:00Well, what's interesting is we seem to have had a very tight battle there

00:30:03with the Corvette and the Aston.

00:30:04We seem to have had so many punctures last year,

00:30:07and this year we've got everybody complaining about not being able to get any grip,

00:30:10even from their soft tyres.

00:30:12So perhaps the compounds have gone the other way.

00:30:14We're having a real battle here with Aston Martin and Corvette.

00:30:17They're just swapping about, going absolutely next to each other,

00:30:21down the malls on straight, dueling their way down into the brake zone.

00:30:24Fantastic race, that is.

00:30:26There is the class leading, I think that's the 51,

00:30:29no, it's not the 51 car, that hasn't been in yet.

00:30:32That's the number 58.

00:30:32That's 59.

00:30:33It's a luxury racing car, that's a 59 car.

00:30:3559.

00:30:36But the race leader, by the way,

00:30:37Alder Lager just brought his car into the pit lane,

00:30:39but that battle going on there between the Corvette and Aston,

00:30:41here it is.

00:30:42You can barely even see the Corvette,

00:30:44they're so close together.

00:30:46They'll be back and forth, back and forth.

00:30:48Right now it's a battle for second and third in the class

00:30:52because Jimmy Bruni still has not pitted

00:30:55in that very fuel-efficient Ferrari.

00:30:57These two have made their second pit stops off the race.

00:31:00So that is the battle for second and third place

00:31:02that we're actually watching at the moment.

00:31:04And that's Tommy Milner and Darren Turner.

00:31:06What a good bunch of guys to be dueling it out out there.

00:31:10Very, very experienced.

00:31:12British V12 against American V8.

00:31:14Isn't that wonderful?

00:31:14Here we are, here's that lead car pit stop.

00:31:16And in fact, an American and a Brit in the car together.

00:31:19So what more of a fight could you ask for?

00:31:23Pass.

00:31:26Great fun.

00:31:27It's a tremendous battle.

00:31:29And so early on.

00:31:30This is what we're going to see for the next 22 hours, I think.

00:31:34I don't think we're going to see the battle ever,

00:31:36ever back down.

00:31:37It will be this way until the last man stands.

00:31:40I think you're right.

00:31:40And the second place car also in LMP2, Tom Kimber-Smith.

00:31:43He's moved up very stealthily in car number 44.

00:31:47For the Starworks Motorsports team.

00:31:49He's brought that car now onto pit lane for a, I would presume, a scheduled pit stop.

00:31:55Also into the pits is Warren Hughes for Murphy Prototypes.

00:31:59Yep.

00:32:00Just about to see these two flying GTE cars come down in front of us.

00:32:05As we watch the number 16 car go past us.

00:32:08Not into pit lane, but indeed staying on the track.

00:32:10So we will keep our fingers crossed for them.

00:32:12And they're reaching traffic.

00:32:13The Aston and the Corvette really bunching up two different classes together.

00:32:18Tom Kimber-Smith just pitting, as you said that, Jeremy.

00:32:24So that's going back to third place at the moment behind Ayari.

00:32:28So it's Olivier Ploudy in a class from Ayari now.

00:32:31Tom, in fact, has tumbled to fourth with that pit stop.

00:32:34And also in is Warren Hughes.

00:32:36So those two continuing the battle they started at the beginning of the race.

00:32:40Just watching the Audi leaving the pit lane now.

00:32:42Of course, only two mechanics are allowed on the car at one time.

00:32:47So it takes a little bit longer to do tire changes than it used to when I was racing here.

00:32:52We used to have four.

00:32:53So it's definitely a slower process, but probably requires even more precision.

00:32:58We're going to have an interview in the pits with Alan McNish.

00:33:01And we're going to go there now for you.

00:33:03Alan McNish.

00:33:05Alan, a really good start of the race.

00:33:07Yeah, I was able to get into third place straight away and caught up on Loic at the pit stops.

00:33:14He had a problem and came back in.

00:33:16And then after that, he was trying to control the gap to Andre, really.

00:33:20It's very slippery and quite windy.

00:33:22You can feel the wind.

00:33:24And I think with all the rain that we had overnight and this morning, the circuit is quite green.

00:33:28So I think it'll get better as the race goes on.

00:33:32Are you able to find a really good setup?

00:33:35Because the track is changing every hour.

00:33:38It's really different.

00:33:39To be honest, the last thing, the car balance didn't feel very good.

00:33:42But I'm not really surprised, considering that we went on to the tyre we did and the point we did.

00:33:49But, yeah, hopefully we'll get better.

00:33:52Thank you very much.

00:33:53Well, we're back with our good colleague, Carlton.

00:34:01Kirby Carlton, you've been having a wander up and down the pits.

00:34:03What's going on out there on this hot Sunday afternoon?

00:34:05Well, it's actually extraordinary and lively, I think you might say.

00:34:08It's all...

00:34:09We've got Ben Holby coming up in just a few moments' time.

00:34:11He developed the delta wing.

00:34:13It's possibly running, possibly, to form, I would have thought, at the moment.

00:34:18They're not pushing it too hard.

00:34:20I think they're playing a long game here.

00:34:21It's been an amazing success PR-wise for Nissan to come here with such an unusual-looking machine.

00:34:28A number of you on Twitter as well as this GT battle rages on on our screen.

00:34:32We're just waiting for our Nissan delta wing designer to join us.

00:34:36Some of you have been asking a little bit more information about the car.

00:34:39Where have you been?

00:34:40It's been full of the press and, indeed, throughout our coverage here on Eurosport,

00:34:44qualifying practice and the rest of it.

00:34:46It's been a major feature.

00:34:48And it looks like we may well have just lost him momentarily here.

00:34:52You never know when you come to Le Mans just how busy you're going to be, to be honest.

00:34:57None busier at the moment than Pescarolo.

00:34:59As far as the racing is concerned, none busier than this as well.

00:35:01And it's Corvette versus Aston Martin.

00:35:04We love this.

00:35:05It was supposed to be toe-to-toe stuff, and it's exactly what we've got here right now.

00:35:09Yeah, we mentioned about the delta wing.

00:35:11It has actually had quite a lot of garage time this afternoon.

00:35:13So we'll find out from Ben Bowlby what that problem has been.

00:35:16It's on track at the moment, but it makes you wonder whether we've got even more problems

00:35:20because he's disappeared.

00:35:22Wall stop, I'm afraid, back down pit row here.

00:35:25It's an extraordinarily busy place side by side.

00:35:28This is what we want, Liz.

00:35:29Oh, this has been fabulous.

00:35:30We've been enjoying this battle for a few laps now.

00:35:33Every time they come down, the mall's on straight.

00:35:35They're just so tight.

00:35:36They've got to make sure that they don't touch and cause themselves an accident.

00:35:40Going to be a change.

00:35:40They keep the racing real.

00:35:41But these two drivers are well up to the challenge of a fight all the way to the finish.

00:35:45Milner takes the spot just for now, but for how much longer?

00:35:48It's take that and back again at you.

00:35:51DT in that car, and he's going to take it to him.

00:35:53Absolutely, a couple of B1s just bedding in there from out here.

00:35:58I just had to back out of that, into that corner as well.

00:36:01Here's the Zero designer.

00:36:03Ben, we can see that the car has stopped for a few minutes now.

00:36:06Can you explain what happened now?

00:36:08Well, it's one of the components that is actually not part of our innovation.

00:36:13And so it's a little air shift actuator that changes gears in the gearbox.

00:36:18So there are a number of them running here today, and we had bad luck, and we had one fail.

00:36:23So we're having to change the component, and we should be back on track.

00:36:28I don't think it's done too much damage to the gearbox itself.

00:36:32What is important to know, also, when we spoke with the driver earlier,

00:36:37they say that it's really, really fun to drive this car.

00:36:40Well, that's one of the exciting things, and why I'm not sure what will happen after Le Mans,

00:36:45because the drivers enjoyed it so much.

00:36:48And it's a very efficient and lightweight car, so it feels good to drive.

00:36:53What do you expect for the next few hours?

00:36:58Well, I hope we get back on track very soon, and I think we're just about to go out again now.

00:37:05We'll just keep racking up the miles on our Michelin tyres,

00:37:08and I hope we'll do a very long set of stints on the tyres.

00:37:14Well, we're coming in just now, because the Delta Wing has just sailed by.

00:37:19Sailing by here and taking the Aston.

00:37:22I can tell you Corvette are having fun out there.

00:37:24So are we, in fact.

00:37:25Milner leads Turner at the top of the GTE Pro Class,

00:37:31and you saw the change live right here.

00:37:33We'll be live throughout this 24 hours.

00:37:35We'll take a break.

00:37:36Back in a few moments' time.

00:37:37Welcome back.

00:37:46The 74 car is extraordinarily busy.

00:37:49He's done a job on Aston Martin,

00:37:51but traffic getting in the way at the moment

00:37:53is just intermingling between the two leaders of the class.

00:37:57We've got Lotra coming up.

00:37:59Quite an easy stint, I would say.

00:38:04Hey, you know, I'm lucky to have a good car.

00:38:06Everything running smooth.

00:38:08And, you know, I'll just find my rhythm

00:38:10and I'm able to push when I want.

00:38:12I'm careful in the traffic.

00:38:14There's some guys that are really surprising out there.

00:38:17So, but the good thing is find your rhythm

00:38:20and keep going like that.

00:38:21The car is running great, so it's nice.

00:38:24How did the tyres react?

00:38:26Because we saw some damage on it.

00:38:28Yeah, we did three stints.

00:38:30It's a rather soft tyre, so it looked a bit nasty when I came in,

00:38:38but it's still really drivable, you know,

00:38:40so we're checking it and no drama.

00:38:43Good. Thank you very much.

00:38:44André Lotra then, winner of this race last year

00:38:49and looking good at the moment.

00:38:51Benoit Trellier on board that number one car,

00:38:54carrying number one, of course, in honour of that famous win.

00:38:57Tom Christensen in the second-place car,

00:38:59having taken it over from Alamut Nish,

00:39:01and Nick Lapierre and Sébastien Bouhemi

00:39:03moving up into third and fourth places.

00:39:06As Luak Duval, has he just made a stop, Liz,

00:39:09or have they passed him?

00:39:11I didn't see him have a stop.

00:39:13We haven't seen it happen, if it has.

00:39:15He's lost two places while we had that interview,

00:39:18and almost fallen back into the clutches of Marco Bonanerbi.

00:39:21No, he has had a stop.

00:39:22I can see it says he's had his fourth stop.

00:39:24We just couldn't see it on the screen.

00:39:25So, yeah, that makes sense.

00:39:27And then I would expect the others to come in very shortly afterwards.

00:39:31Carlton, I think we should explain to people

00:39:32if we are not catching a pit stop,

00:39:34we no longer overlook the pits,

00:39:35as we have done for the last 200 years.

00:39:37Yeah, we do see the pit entry,

00:39:40which is actually a pleasure to see the cars who are flying by

00:39:42and those who are coming in to stop.

00:39:45But we've got so much other stuff to look at here

00:39:46that if we just happen to miss somebody flashing by,

00:39:49we don't get the longer view,

00:39:51which perhaps you're used to,

00:39:52of also seeing who's coming out of the pits

00:39:54and who's going back in.

00:39:56So a slight downside,

00:39:57but we kind of feel like we're more part of the action here as well,

00:40:00which is also terrific,

00:40:02because one thing we couldn't see

00:40:04was actually this dark finish straight,

00:40:06unless you absolutely craned over

00:40:07and interfered with all the controls.

00:40:09So that was quite difficult,

00:40:11because it was a sheer drop down to where the racing action was.

00:40:14We got the pits,

00:40:15but we couldn't see the cars flying by.

00:40:17We could hear them, of course.

00:40:19Incidentally,

00:40:19on the escape from the Toyota Hybrids

00:40:23out of the pit lane,

00:40:24you know that they go on hybrid power

00:40:26and leave in absolute silence.

00:40:29Oh, very odd.

00:40:30Yes, exactly.

00:40:31And so our friends at Radio Le Mans

00:40:33have been sticking the mics down there,

00:40:35and all we're hearing is a slight movement

00:40:37of the odd bit of gravel

00:40:38and an odd catch.

00:40:40It's spooky, spooky stuff.

00:40:43But anyway, yes.

00:40:43It's a bit sad.

00:40:44I really like this.

00:40:45I mean, I'm still getting over

00:40:47missing the sound of the old R8, really.

00:40:50Well, there is talk

00:40:51that some of the electric vehicles,

00:40:53if they do go all the way,

00:40:54that cars are going to have to select

00:40:55and patent a sound

00:40:57specific for their vehicle

00:40:59so that it doesn't interfere with pedestrians.

00:41:01Maybe that will be for racing as well.

00:41:03Yeah, of course.

00:41:03One of the regulations for the hybrid

00:41:05specifies they must be able to travel

00:41:07the length for the pit lane

00:41:10under hybrid power.

00:41:11And, of course, at Le Mans,

00:41:12that's always been tricky

00:41:13because it's uphill

00:41:14and it's taken people a while

00:41:16to get used to that.

00:41:17But this is just not...

00:41:18This is just going on and on, isn't it?

00:41:20Tommy Milner on board

00:41:21that 74 car now.

00:41:23Yes, just almost getting

00:41:24into the back of the Chanduk,

00:41:26back of Chanduk, I should say,

00:41:28who's on board the 22

00:41:30as we speak here.

00:41:33It seemed that they're so busy,

00:41:35concerned with their own racing.

00:41:36They almost got into the back

00:41:38of that P1 car.

00:41:41Here's the 16 car.

00:41:42Come on, fellas.

00:41:43Let's make it work.

00:41:44It's cooled down, obviously.

00:41:46Yeah, no, they've had it

00:41:47in the pits for a while.

00:41:48They sent it back out.

00:41:48He did about two or three laps

00:41:50and I just saw him

00:41:51come back in a minute ago.

00:41:52But it looks like

00:41:53they're just plugging in

00:41:54and hopefully not going

00:41:55to do too much to it.

00:41:57We just hope it'll keep going.

00:41:58We really do.

00:41:59Is it going to be...

00:42:00Is it their fourth engine

00:42:01they've got?

00:42:02Sorry, no.

00:42:03This is the fourth.

00:42:03Yeah, they took this one

00:42:04from the dome.

00:42:05We think they've probably

00:42:07had some insulation problems.

00:42:08Well, those engines don't fail

00:42:10so it may well be

00:42:11that it is something

00:42:12that's actually feeding

00:42:13or cooling the engine

00:42:14that's a problem

00:42:15and if that's the case

00:42:15then it's possibly curtains.

00:42:18We'll see.

00:42:18This looks like it's going

00:42:19to be a 24-hour sprint

00:42:20between these two.

00:42:21It absolutely is going to be

00:42:22and just seeing exactly

00:42:24like what you said,

00:42:25they're racing each other

00:42:26so intently

00:42:26that despite being professionals

00:42:28it's hard for them

00:42:29to always keep an eye

00:42:30on their mirrors

00:42:30while they're focusing

00:42:32on each other.

00:42:33Yeah, one thing is for certain

00:42:34that the light stack

00:42:35that's on board the Audis here

00:42:37is so spectacular.

00:42:39You certainly know

00:42:40they're coming.

00:42:40It's like an avalanche

00:42:41of light heading your way.

00:42:45Absolutely no doubt

00:42:48what's coming.

00:42:49Toyota, their lights

00:42:50look an awful lot more benign.

00:42:52I think the leading P1s

00:42:54certainly should copy

00:42:56Audi's lead there

00:42:57and just light it up

00:42:59for goodness sake.

00:42:59I was going to say

00:43:00Blackpool Illuminations

00:43:01but those in the Asia-Pacific

00:43:03won't understand

00:43:04a word I'm saying.

00:43:05And incidentally

00:43:06it is white lights

00:43:07for the LMP1 cars

00:43:08and LMP2 cars

00:43:09and yellow lights

00:43:10for the GT cars

00:43:11so there is a way

00:43:12for these GT drivers

00:43:13to know that they are

00:43:14about to be passed

00:43:15rather than just being

00:43:16approached by a fellow competitor.

00:43:18And I know there was

00:43:19a lot of discussion

00:43:19about whether the new Audi lights

00:43:21would be blinding

00:43:23the other drivers

00:43:23but most of the drivers

00:43:25I've spoken to

00:43:25and I would agree

00:43:26with this myself

00:43:27have said that it's great

00:43:28to know

00:43:28that it is an Audi.

00:43:29And I would have said

00:43:31absolutely brilliant

00:43:32because quite often

00:43:33we get our teams

00:43:34to tell us

00:43:35when the leaders

00:43:35were coming through.

00:43:36Now the other thing

00:43:36to tell you all

00:43:37to look out for

00:43:38especially as it gets darker

00:43:39is the side lights

00:43:40on these cars.

00:43:41One, two, three

00:43:42lights in a row

00:43:43in the colours

00:43:43of the classes

00:43:44red for prototype

00:43:45LMP1

00:43:46blue for P2

00:43:47green for GT Pro

00:43:49and orange for GTM

00:43:51and those lights

00:43:51if there's one light on

00:43:52that's the class leader

00:43:53two lights on

00:43:54they're second

00:43:54three lights on

00:43:55they're running in third place

00:43:57and if there's no lights

00:43:57on at all that moment

00:43:58they're out of the podium

00:43:59so that's just something

00:44:00you can look out for

00:44:01once it gets dark.

00:44:02It's one of those

00:44:03wonderful things

00:44:04that have come along

00:44:04to help the fans.

00:44:05They also backlight

00:44:06the numbers incidentally

00:44:07and that stack

00:44:08of that trio of lights

00:44:10that Mark was talking about

00:44:11sit directly

00:44:12at the side

00:44:13of the number

00:44:14so you see

00:44:14the number illuminated

00:44:15you know who it is

00:44:16and if there's one

00:44:17light on next door

00:44:19to the number

00:44:19in that vertical light stack

00:44:21then you know as well

00:44:21look at the Aston Martin here

00:44:23he's having a look

00:44:23he's got a proper daft

00:44:24is he going to make it count?

00:44:26Come on then fellas!

00:44:27Oh come on Turner!

00:44:30Well spotted Carlton.

00:44:31I think he's going to do it!

00:44:33He is!

00:44:34He's done it!

00:44:35And Tommy's been

00:44:35very clever there

00:44:36he's known that he

00:44:37rightly so

00:44:38had the pass there

00:44:40and didn't do anything

00:44:40stupid that would

00:44:41detriment either of their

00:44:4224 hours

00:44:43this is what's so great

00:44:45and watching some real

00:44:46top professional drivers

00:44:47racing each other

00:44:48is they can do it

00:44:49and do it cleanly

00:44:50this is what we want to see

00:44:51for 24 hours

00:44:52Yeah well we've got

00:44:53one of the prototypes

00:44:55coming up

00:44:55just announcing the fact

00:44:56that they're here

00:44:57so it'll be battle

00:44:58suspended just for a moment

00:45:00while the 13 Lotus

00:45:01batch car goes

00:45:02oh and I thought

00:45:03the Corvette was going to

00:45:04try and get a draft

00:45:04off the P car there

00:45:05he thought about it

00:45:07and then backed out of it

00:45:08He just thought

00:45:09maybe I'll just capitalise

00:45:10on this traffic

00:45:11coming through

00:45:12maybe Darren

00:45:13won't quite notice

00:45:14I'm just going to

00:45:15sneak up the side

00:45:16but Darren had it

00:45:17well under control

00:45:17he's now actually

00:45:18pulling away a bit

00:45:19in places

00:45:20this is what Darren

00:45:22will be doing now

00:45:22say I've gotten a run

00:45:23on him

00:45:23I'm going to push

00:45:24as hard as I can

00:45:25What have we got

00:45:26Mark on the fuel range

00:45:27difference between

00:45:28these two vehicles

00:45:28on the fuel range

00:45:30they've stopped

00:45:30at the same time

00:45:32more or less

00:45:32haven't they

00:45:32they've both done

00:45:33two stops in the race

00:45:34so far

00:45:35they're probably

00:45:35looking for a third

00:45:36quite soon

00:45:36we are now coming up

00:45:37to three and a half

00:45:38hours into the race

00:45:39I think the first

00:45:40initial stop the Corvette

00:45:41had an extra lap

00:45:42but our last one

00:45:42they were pretty equal

00:45:43so it'll be interesting

00:45:45to see what happens

00:45:45with this one

00:45:46if maybe Corvette's

00:45:48going to try and

00:45:48stretch it an extra lap

00:45:49or not take that risk

00:45:51but they're driving

00:45:52very hard

00:45:52so I would expect

00:45:53that they wouldn't

00:45:54exactly be conserving

00:45:55any fuel right now

00:45:56yeah if you've got a couple

00:45:57of laps where you can

00:45:58actually get a tow though

00:45:59that helps

00:45:59and you might

00:46:00actually be able

00:46:01to play that

00:46:01longer fuel game

00:46:02let's go downstairs

00:46:04Sebastian

00:46:05Nick Heidfeld

00:46:05you just stepped out

00:46:06of the car

00:46:07freshly redressed

00:46:08how was it

00:46:09the first stint

00:46:10that was good fun

00:46:11it was the first time

00:46:12for me

00:46:12to do the start stint

00:46:13in the beginning

00:46:15when there were

00:46:16some drops

00:46:16I took it really

00:46:17easy

00:46:18was a bit careful

00:46:19and after that

00:46:20it went quite okay

00:46:21until I had a spin

00:46:23luckily nothing happened

00:46:25kept a good lead

00:46:26to the private cars

00:46:28and it's looking good

00:46:29now with Lille

00:46:29in the car

00:46:30how satisfied were you

00:46:31with your lap times

00:46:32sorry

00:46:33with your lap times

00:46:34how satisfied were you

00:46:35I'm very satisfied

00:46:36I mean

00:46:37we tried to be the best

00:46:38privateer team

00:46:39I was quite a bit quicker

00:46:40than all the other guys

00:46:42but it's important

00:46:44to be quick

00:46:45but the race is 24 hours

00:46:46fingers crossed

00:46:48that we keep going

00:46:49until the end

00:46:49thank you

00:46:50best petrol

00:46:50taking a spin himself

00:46:52you've got to ride

00:46:53your luck here

00:46:53apart from everything else

00:46:54don't forget

00:46:55it's not just about

00:46:56the mechanicals

00:46:57it's not just about

00:46:57driver quality

00:46:58you have to have

00:46:59good fortune as well

00:47:00I think the 51 car

00:47:02possibly got rid of

00:47:03all its bad luck

00:47:04before this 24 hour race

00:47:06finally got underway

00:47:08completely rebuilt

00:47:08of course

00:47:09we'll take a break

00:47:10we'll be back

00:47:10with the action live

00:47:11here on Eurosport

00:47:12after this

00:47:13welcome back

00:47:23welcome back

00:47:23and a warm welcome

00:47:24to our friends

00:47:25at Eurosport World

00:47:26Asia Pacific

00:47:27and throughout the globe

00:47:28you're live

00:47:29at the Le Mans

00:47:3024 hours

00:47:31so this has been

00:47:32raging on lap

00:47:33after lap

00:47:34here

00:47:34we've got

00:47:35what just over

00:47:3721 hours

00:47:3837 minutes to go

00:47:39and it looks like

00:47:40a sprint race

00:47:41does it not

00:47:41it's the leaders

00:47:43of the GT Pro

00:47:45class here

00:47:46and it has been

00:47:47toe to toe

00:47:48throughout

00:47:49Aston Martin

00:47:50Corvette

00:47:50that's what it was

00:47:51supposed to be like

00:47:52that's exactly

00:47:53what we've got here

00:47:53it's party time

00:47:55yeah if you've just

00:47:56tuned in

00:47:56you probably thought

00:47:57oh this isn't Le Mans

00:47:58we've just tuned in

00:47:59to a 20 minute sprint race

00:48:01no in fact

00:48:01you've not

00:48:02jumped into that

00:48:03this is the 24 hours

00:48:04we are just barely

00:48:06over two hours

00:48:07into this very

00:48:08very long race

00:48:09and we have an

00:48:10absolute cracking

00:48:11battle between

00:48:11these two

00:48:12Oak Racing car

00:48:13flashing like crazy

00:48:14to make sure

00:48:15Darren Turner's seen him

00:48:16this is what makes

00:48:17sports car racing

00:48:18so exciting

00:48:19we have a huge battle

00:48:20between two cars

00:48:21in one class

00:48:21but the other classes

00:48:22are trying to get around

00:48:23to do their own battle

00:48:24absolutely

00:48:25when those quicker cars

00:48:26come through

00:48:26like that Oak Racing car

00:48:28he just tries to get

00:48:29into the hole

00:48:31in the air

00:48:32that is being punched

00:48:32by that pink vehicle here

00:48:34and tries to make up ground

00:48:35but the Corvette's

00:48:36got the legs

00:48:37and he does the same thing here

00:48:38just to try and pull away

00:48:39from the Aston

00:48:40it's clever stuff

00:48:41it just goes to show

00:48:42how difficult it is

00:48:44to actually get around

00:48:44these very torquey

00:48:45big engine GT cars

00:48:47the LMP cars

00:48:48actually struggle

00:48:49near the end

00:48:50of the long straights

00:48:51because most of these

00:48:52GTs keep pulling

00:48:53whereas the LMP2

00:48:54seems to reach

00:48:55a bit of a plateau

00:48:56strange isn't it

00:48:57strange to see them

00:48:58closing all of a sudden

00:48:59I remember it being difficult

00:48:59and a very very brief

00:49:02mistake there

00:49:02ever so slightly

00:49:03as Milner

00:49:06just followed the line

00:49:07of the P2 car

00:49:08and got himself

00:49:09slightly out of shape

00:49:10there in the S's

00:49:11he's got to watch out

00:49:12for that sort of thing

00:49:13yeah elementary mistake

00:49:15perhaps

00:49:1621 hours

00:49:1636 minutes remaining

00:49:18of this

00:49:18this could go on

00:49:19forever Mark

00:49:20yeah and our first

00:49:20penalty of the day

00:49:22the number 40 car

00:49:23the race performance

00:49:24of Ray Kajad

00:49:25is being given

00:49:26a 30 second stop go

00:49:27penalty for speeding

00:49:28in the pit lane

00:49:29we don't know what speed

00:49:30it was

00:49:30but presumably

00:49:31if it's a 30 second

00:49:32stop and go

00:49:33it's a bit more

00:49:35than naughty

00:49:35well that's

00:49:36that's sort of

00:49:37quite often

00:49:38a standard pit lane

00:49:39infraction

00:49:39if it's

00:49:40if it's well over

00:49:41but what I think

00:49:42has probably happened

00:49:43there

00:49:43is one of the drivers

00:49:45has forgotten

00:49:45to push the pit limiter

00:49:46button

00:49:47now all these cars

00:49:47will have

00:49:48a pit limiter

00:49:49button that you push

00:49:50and it keeps them

00:49:50at that set speed

00:49:51of 60 k's per hour

00:49:52you can see the lights

00:49:53flashing on the car

00:49:54that normally indicates

00:49:55that it's on

00:49:56we're going back again

00:49:57it's down the

00:49:58Mulsanne straight

00:49:59look at this

00:49:59has a look down

00:50:00on the inside here

00:50:01oh it's a long

00:50:03old drag race

00:50:04this he's got

00:50:04the draft as easy

00:50:06is he going to make

00:50:06it spin the back

00:50:07of the Corvette

00:50:08and they're blocking

00:50:09the faster vehicles

00:50:10behind them

00:50:10they've got their own

00:50:11race to deal with here

00:50:12and he makes it stick

00:50:13now let's check him

00:50:14out on the exit here

00:50:15fabulous

00:50:15so tight

00:50:16we've got the

00:50:17delta wing coming up

00:50:18we've got prototypes

00:50:19another gt car

00:50:20we've got every

00:50:21class of racing

00:50:22all together at once

00:50:23trying to own the road

00:50:25side by side

00:50:26down the Mulsanne straight

00:50:27it's just crazy

00:50:29and here is a car

00:50:29we saw ages ago

00:50:31trying to get its way in

00:50:32with that puncture

00:50:34that's done a lot

00:50:35of body work damage

00:50:35this is one of the

00:50:36biggest troubles

00:50:37you find with a puncture

00:50:38is once you've got it

00:50:40you must go slowly

00:50:41no matter how tempting

00:50:42it is to get back

00:50:43faster

00:50:43because the faster you go

00:50:45the more body work

00:50:45damage you do

00:50:46yeah it delaminates

00:50:47and just starts a huge

00:50:48whipping action

00:50:49and of course

00:50:50the mesh that holds

00:50:52the tyre together

00:50:53is a very very strong

00:50:55thing so it whips the car

00:50:57and does not disintegrate

00:50:58it's the car

00:50:59that actually takes the hit

00:51:00not the tyre

00:51:01quite often you'll find

00:51:02that a team that had

00:51:04only a puncture

00:51:05then ended up actually

00:51:06destroying so much

00:51:07of the car that they've

00:51:08spent hours in the garage

00:51:09which could have been

00:51:10avoided

00:51:10look at jimmy bruni

00:51:12just waiting

00:51:12waiting isn't he

00:51:13for any chance

00:51:14of those two

00:51:15to make a mistake

00:51:16if they tangle

00:51:16he straight by

00:51:17looks like we're

00:51:19going to go to the pits

00:51:20for an interview

00:51:20in a minute here

00:51:21while we just continue

00:51:22to watch this

00:51:23frantic battle

00:51:24in gte pro

00:51:26what a great race this

00:51:28will be if we can

00:51:28carry this on

00:51:29yeah that camera's

00:51:30not going to last

00:51:30is it down there

00:51:31on the gerbs here

00:51:32we always lose a couple

00:51:34along the way

00:51:35I think Sebastian

00:51:37presumably Bourdais

00:51:38let's have a look

00:51:38David Brabham

00:51:39did you enjoy your stint

00:51:40it looked like a nice

00:51:41battle you had at the

00:51:42beginning with Seb Bourdais

00:51:43and Bertrand Baguette

00:51:44well yeah I wouldn't say

00:51:45it was a massive battle

00:51:46but yeah we're all

00:51:48quite similar pace

00:51:49I probably had a little

00:51:50bit more on them

00:51:51and it was just a case

00:51:52of getting into a rhythm

00:51:53we were struggling a little

00:51:54bit with the tyre

00:51:55temperature with the car

00:51:56so once that started

00:51:58to come in

00:51:59I started to pull away

00:52:00and it was just getting

00:52:01into a rhythm

00:52:02into the race

00:52:03to keep out of trouble

00:52:04which we did

00:52:05and JRM car is running

00:52:07fine

00:52:08there's no issues

00:52:09we just you know

00:52:11build up some database

00:52:12we tried a different

00:52:13set of tyres

00:52:14so we'll see what

00:52:15feedback it gets

00:52:16so that'll help us

00:52:17for the rest of the race

00:52:18you said the tyre

00:52:20pressure or the tyre

00:52:21temperature was a problem

00:52:22all week long here

00:52:23how's it going

00:52:24with a bit warmer

00:52:25temperatures now

00:52:25well towards the end

00:52:27of my last stint

00:52:29I started to pick up

00:52:30a lot more grip

00:52:31but before that

00:52:33it was a bit of a struggle

00:52:34a lot of that

00:52:35is just our lack

00:52:36of knowledge of the car

00:52:37and lack of testing

00:52:38and development

00:52:39so but you know

00:52:40at the moment

00:52:41I think as the race

00:52:42goes on

00:52:42it'll come more to us

00:52:44and the pace will pick up

00:52:46as we go along

00:52:46thank you

00:52:47lack of testing

00:52:48lack of development

00:52:49perhaps

00:52:50it was of course

00:52:50Sébastien Tiffere

00:52:51who was doing the interview

00:52:53with Dave Brabber

00:52:54yeah I just had some

00:52:55call down from

00:52:56Porsche Curves

00:52:57Jordan Tresson

00:52:59had a spin

00:53:00at the Porsche Curves

00:53:01in that

00:53:01Playstation

00:53:02and he survived it

00:53:04oh

00:53:04oh that's a really

00:53:06lucky one

00:53:07but Jordan

00:53:07of course

00:53:08taking on his first

00:53:09Le Mans 24 Hours

00:53:11the second generation

00:53:12of GT Academy

00:53:13as a winner

00:53:15and I understand

00:53:16I think he's had

00:53:16a couple of spins

00:53:17in practice

00:53:18if I recall

00:53:18I think this has been

00:53:19a pretty big shock

00:53:21to the system for him

00:53:22check this out

00:53:23as a car stack

00:53:24oh my goodness

00:53:25all classes

00:53:25mixed together

00:53:26it's a Le Mans

00:53:28and let's just hope

00:53:29they keep safe here

00:53:30because everyone's

00:53:31struggling for position

00:53:31and this guy's racing

00:53:33here don't forget

00:53:33the twin central lights

00:53:35of the Aston Martin

00:53:36blazing away

00:53:37getting the M's

00:53:38out of the way

00:53:38the pros are coming through

00:53:39oh

00:53:39almost Kovac

00:53:40Kovac

00:53:41this is something

00:53:41you can only see

00:53:43at Le Mans

00:53:43that was the pros

00:53:44and the M's

00:53:45mixing it up

00:53:45you see the performance

00:53:46difference here

00:53:47from this year's car

00:53:48slightly wider

00:53:48at the back end

00:53:49but this is

00:53:50magnificent stuff

00:53:51and it's raging on

00:53:52yeah

00:53:53Jaime Mello though

00:53:54he's got caught

00:53:55behind that

00:53:55and he's lost

00:53:56some ground

00:53:56on those two

00:53:57he's got to get past

00:53:57the two

00:53:58Larborough Corvettes

00:53:59ahead of him as well

00:54:00is that

00:54:00is that Danny Watson

00:54:02in the Strakhan

00:54:03no it's not

00:54:03it's one of the P2 cars

00:54:04a yellow helmet

00:54:05isn't it

00:54:05yeah flashing like crazy

00:54:07hoping that one of those

00:54:08GT cars is going to

00:54:09see him coming through

00:54:10it's the worst feeling

00:54:12when you pile into

00:54:13a GT battle

00:54:13and you think

00:54:14they aren't looking at me

00:54:16hello

00:54:16hello I'm down here

00:54:17please don't run me

00:54:18very busy

00:54:19right here's your Toyota

00:54:20just listen to this

00:54:22disappear like a ghost

00:54:23in the night

00:54:24when it leaves

00:54:25its pit box here

00:54:27there'll be no sound

00:54:28we can practically

00:54:29stand here

00:54:29they go away

00:54:30on electric power

00:54:31and it just disappears

00:54:33plain and simple

00:54:34finally he managed

00:54:35to get the breakthrough

00:54:36here

00:54:37the 48 car

00:54:38found some gap

00:54:40and he'll be pleased

00:54:41about that

00:54:41and then he can leave

00:54:42these two

00:54:42to have their own

00:54:44private battle

00:54:44at the end of the garden

00:54:45if you like

00:54:46and here we go

00:54:46they're at it again

00:54:48anyone going to drift

00:54:49this time by

00:54:50well it's the choice

00:54:52of the vet right now

00:54:53has a look

00:54:54not quite close enough

00:54:56to make it stick

00:54:56fabulous

00:54:57look at how strong

00:54:58the pull is on these cars

00:54:59even behind the Murphy

00:55:00prototypes car

00:55:01that's a fast car there

00:55:02but you can see how

00:55:03the GTE cars

00:55:04with those big grunty

00:55:05engines just keep

00:55:07pulling down the straight

00:55:08it's amazing

00:55:08yeah it's under

00:55:10acceleration and braking

00:55:11that the P2s get

00:55:12their own back

00:55:13but as you say

00:55:14fairly equal

00:55:15our power outputs

00:55:16Jaime Mello

00:55:17then just working

00:55:17his way through

00:55:18the two Labra cars

00:55:19behind

00:55:19he wants to catch up

00:55:20with this battle again

00:55:21it's just broken up

00:55:22for a moment

00:55:22but be sure

00:55:23this is just going

00:55:24to run and run

00:55:25oh it is

00:55:26this is going to go

00:55:27oh a bit wide

00:55:28Darren went off

00:55:28oh no

00:55:29Darren

00:55:30slowed out

00:55:31and is he going to get

00:55:32mugged here as well

00:55:33well he will have

00:55:34lost a lot of power

00:55:35there

00:55:35Mello goes past him

00:55:36yeah

00:55:37he's lost position

00:55:38oh dear oh dear

00:55:39he's going to battle back

00:55:40he's going to hold on

00:55:40for this

00:55:41all the way down

00:55:42they come

00:55:42let's pick it up

00:55:43once again

00:55:43down into the dip

00:55:44he's got it

00:55:45he's got it

00:55:46he's not

00:55:46he doesn't want to seed it

00:55:48oh he has to

00:55:49first to third

00:55:50in one corner

00:55:51dear oh dear

00:55:52Darren what were you doing

00:55:53he fell off his bike

00:55:54the other day

00:55:54didn't he

00:55:55oh I don't know

00:55:56did he

00:55:56oh there's plenty of

00:55:57those kind of

00:55:58those kind of track

00:55:59he's around as well

00:56:00through the Porsche

00:56:01of course that's

00:56:02he's catching him

00:56:03fast though

00:56:04Darren is going to be

00:56:04angry now with that

00:56:05it's very rare

00:56:06we see Darren Turner

00:56:07make a mistake

00:56:08to be honest

00:56:09he's one of the best

00:56:09best Aston Martin

00:56:11drivers I've ever seen

00:56:12one of the best

00:56:13drivers full stop

00:56:14it's very rare for him

00:56:15to make a mistake

00:56:16just be

00:56:16too late for our

00:56:18knowledge didn't he

00:56:18that was what happened

00:56:19too late

00:56:20we're going to have

00:56:20to take a break

00:56:21a real shame

00:56:22to cut away from this

00:56:23we're going to fit in

00:56:23the ads there

00:56:24we'll be back with you

00:56:25in just a few moments

00:56:26time

00:56:26oh you're back

00:56:37at just the right time

00:56:38and Aston have had to

00:56:39take that spot

00:56:40back again here

00:56:40oh Ferrari fighting back

00:56:42they want the position

00:56:43though and they're

00:56:43going to make it stick

00:56:44oh that was fantastic

00:56:46stuff

00:56:46we just cannot believe

00:56:48this

00:56:48thanks to those of you

00:56:49who joined us on

00:56:49Twitter by the way

00:56:50some of you just

00:56:51equally as exciting

00:56:52out there

00:56:53Ben Gray says

00:56:54this should be renamed

00:56:55along on 24 minutes

00:56:56a race every 24 minutes

00:56:58and that seems to be

00:56:58what we've got here

00:56:59this GT race

00:57:00absolutely fantastic

00:57:01and a mistake

00:57:02a similar styling

00:57:03that's how Darren

00:57:04just caught that

00:57:05little bit up again

00:57:06but of course he himself

00:57:07had thrown it away

00:57:07on the previous lap

00:57:09just looking at P2

00:57:10for a second mile

00:57:11watching out

00:57:11Tom Kimber-Smith

00:57:12has just run a 42-4

00:57:14which is the fastest

00:57:15P2 time we've had

00:57:16in this race

00:57:17and they're up to

00:57:17second place

00:57:18in second place

00:57:19so he's closing

00:57:20on Olivier Platt now

00:57:21gird your loins

00:57:23as the prototypes

00:57:24come through here

00:57:26and this battle

00:57:27continues

00:57:27this is for second

00:57:28place now

00:57:29and it's kind of

00:57:29let the Corvette

00:57:30off the hook

00:57:31but Ferrari

00:57:32holding on to this

00:57:34it's Bruni

00:57:35that's on board

00:57:36the GT Pro

00:57:37class here

00:57:37Darren Turner

00:57:38is in the Aston

00:57:39and these faster

00:57:40cars just keep

00:57:41coming through

00:57:42and possibly

00:57:43just offering up

00:57:44a little bit of drag

00:57:44right now

00:57:45too much space

00:57:46between to make

00:57:47any difference

00:57:47but the lines

00:57:48that they're choosing

00:57:49coming in here

00:57:50almost identical

00:57:51slight variations

00:57:52you might say

00:57:53but it allows

00:57:54a bit of closing

00:57:54here

00:57:55the Aston seems

00:57:55to be able to

00:57:56get a little bit

00:57:56of advantage

00:57:57on braking

00:57:57but the Ferrari

00:57:58on the Escape

00:57:59just has it

00:58:00yeah I know

00:58:00it definitely does

00:58:01you can really see

00:58:02and to put in

00:58:03the times

00:58:03that Darren did

00:58:04in qualifying

00:58:04he was all over

00:58:06the track

00:58:06he was really

00:58:07pushing hard

00:58:08to put those

00:58:08times in

00:58:09I think what

00:58:10we're seeing

00:58:10is this car

00:58:11is really

00:58:11operating

00:58:12because of the

00:58:12level of drivers

00:58:13that are in it

00:58:14it's a good car

00:58:15but definitely

00:58:15the Ferrari's

00:58:16got the pole

00:58:17and I question

00:58:18if they're just

00:58:18that little bit

00:58:19more nimble

00:58:19in their design

00:58:20yeah but remember

00:58:21the Aston

00:58:21has got a weight

00:58:22brake of 25 kilos

00:58:23it's that much

00:58:24lighter because

00:58:24they still

00:58:25I'm proving

00:58:26it's coming in

00:58:26anyway

00:58:26so all academic

00:58:27now let's watch

00:58:28this we'll see

00:58:29somebody push

00:58:30all the way

00:58:31look at Darren

00:58:31flats out

00:58:32up to the line

00:58:33on the brakes

00:58:34that's the way

00:58:35to get into

00:58:36pit lane

00:58:36right there

00:58:37this marshal

00:58:39very impressed

00:58:40as well

00:58:40a little bit

00:58:41of a nod

00:58:42that's a huge

00:58:43acknowledgement

00:58:43exactly what we

00:58:44talked about

00:58:45you can gain

00:58:46or lose so much

00:58:47time in a pit

00:58:48stop here

00:58:48the pit entry

00:58:49lane is so

00:58:49long

00:58:50we can't actually

00:58:51see where they

00:58:52come into the

00:58:53lane

00:58:53so it's very long

00:58:55and Darren's

00:58:55driven that to

00:58:56perfection

00:58:56he's gone

00:58:57round the edge

00:58:57of it

00:58:57forwarded up to

00:58:59the line

00:58:59losing no time

00:59:00we've got the

00:59:01radar track

00:59:01right in front

00:59:02of us

00:59:02is he getting

00:59:03out or is he

00:59:03staying in

00:59:04I think he's

00:59:04getting out

00:59:05they will be

00:59:05changing tyres

00:59:06that's why he

00:59:07was able to

00:59:08light them up

00:59:09as he came in

00:59:09no bother about

00:59:10flat spotting

00:59:11those he absolutely

00:59:12stood on the

00:59:12anchors

00:59:13they probably

00:59:13won't change

00:59:14him now

00:59:14and just prove

00:59:15he's completely

00:59:15wrong

00:59:16there was no

00:59:17puffer spoke

00:59:17he kept it

00:59:18nice and calm

00:59:18but it underscored

00:59:20what we were

00:59:20saying about the

00:59:21braking capabilities

00:59:21of this car

00:59:22Mark

00:59:22absolutely fantastic

00:59:23yeah it is

00:59:24it's superb

00:59:25and as Liz told us

00:59:26during qualifying

00:59:26you can make

00:59:27two seconds

00:59:28a lap difference

00:59:29by having a

00:59:30very fast

00:59:31in lap

00:59:31or even more

00:59:33you can easily

00:59:34at Le Mans

00:59:34lose a lot of

00:59:35seconds

00:59:35you can lose

00:59:3610 or 15

00:59:37by ambling

00:59:38into pit lane

00:59:39and not getting

00:59:39on it straight

00:59:40out

00:59:40and what's the

00:59:41point then

00:59:42of all your

00:59:42team working

00:59:43so hard

00:59:43to do a

00:59:43fast pit stop

00:59:44if you're

00:59:44going to

00:59:45blow it

00:59:45all on the

00:59:45way in

00:59:46so it's

00:59:46very important

00:59:47to just

00:59:47hammer it

00:59:48right up

00:59:48to the

00:59:48boards

00:59:49like we

00:59:49saw

00:59:49Darren

00:59:49Turner

00:59:50to perfection

00:59:51well we

00:59:52didn't know

00:59:52whether that

00:59:53picture in

00:59:54picture was

00:59:54them leaving

00:59:55with the same

00:59:56tyres to be

00:59:56honest

00:59:57we didn't

00:59:57see any

00:59:57puffs of

00:59:58smoke

00:59:58but the

00:59:59G4

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